water Article Spectrophotometric Detection of Glyphosate in Water by Complex Formation between Bis 5-Phenyldipyrrinate of Nickel (II) and Glyphosate Aline Romero-Natale 1, Ilaria Palchetti 2 , Mayra Avelar 3,4, Enrique González-Vergara 1 , José Luis Garate-Morales 5 and Eduardo Torres 1,* 1 Centro de Química, ICUAP, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, Puebla 72570, Mexico;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +52-222-2295500 (ext. 7273) Received: 26 February 2019; Accepted: 3 April 2019; Published: 6 April 2019 Abstract: A spectrophotometric method for the determination of glyphosate based on the monitoring of a complex formation between bis 5-phenyldipyrrinate of nickel (II) and the herbicide was developed. The method showed a short response time (10 s), high selectivity (very low interference from other pesticides and salts), and high sensitivity (LOD 2.07 10 7 mol/L, LOQ 9.87 10 7 mol/L, and × − × − a K from 1.75 10 6 to 6.95 10 6 mol/L).